Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that Iran has signaled a
willingness to negotiate on the matter of ballistic missiles. Other US
officials aren’t so sure, and Iranian officials are also telling
conflicting stories on the matter.
“Iran’s missiles are absolutely and under no condition negotiable with
anyone or any country,” insisted Alireza Miryousefi, the spokesman for
Iran’s UN Mission. That is certainly the position Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
has long taken.
Yet Pompeo’s belief that talks are possible didn’t come out of thin air.
Rather, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif suggested in the US was willing to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Iran’s missiles might also be up for negotiation.
That’s probably a non-starter,with President Trump so obsessed with
growing arms sales, but does point to a grand bargain potentially being
on the table, if both sides want it. The problem is, neither side is
being very clear if they want it or not.
Both sides still seem to be feeling one another out, at least somewhat,
on the issue of talks, and while each would very much like not to be the
one who is at fault for a failed negotiation, it’s still up in the air
if they’d both be on board for success.
This is an absolutely stupid assumption on the part of the writer. We know that ballistic missiles are Iran’s trump card. Why would they negotiate these away and leaave themselves open to annihilation by their enemies a la Libya.
What about Israel’s nukes and ballistic missiles? Why would Iran be concerned about only their Arab enemies when the little parasite has been pushing us to go to war for them for 30 years?
It’s proof that their being legit and not just torpedoing the thing out of spite.
As long as Israel has missiles, Iran will have missiles. As long as the US has bases surrounding Iran, Iran will have missiles. Their entire strategic defense is based around missiles (and mines for the Straits of Hormuz – but even there, their anti-ship missiles are critical.) There’s no way Iran will disarm its ballistic missiles as long as Israel has them. Saudi Arabia isn’t the main enemy of Iran – Israel is.
“US, Iran Send Conflicting Signals on Possible Missile Talks”
No Mr. Ditz, only US sends conflicting and untrue signals…